Everton could lose big in Dele Alli deal with loan clause set to be snubbed
By moving from Everton to Besiktas in the summer, Dele Alli had the chance to resurrect his career away from the spotlight of the British media.
The season-long loan deal included two optional buyout fees of £5.2million in January and £6.9million in the summer if the Turkish Super League side were impressed by his performances.
So far this season, however, he has managed just one goal in the league and an additional one in the cup domestically which has left new Black and whites manager Senol Gunes thoroughly disappointed.
As a result, Sabah are now reporting (18 November) that there is absolutely no interest from Vodafone Park for Alli to become a permanent fixture which would then see him return to Goodison Park at the end of the season.
Frank Lampard made it abundantly clear by loaning him out to Turkey in the first place that he does not believe the England international is good enough to play regularly in his team.
Unless he can find his mojo again in the second half of the season, Everton will miss out on a big sum of money and be forced to look for another way out of the mess they are in next summer.
Alli is only a handful of games away from the Toffees having to pay Tottenham Hostpur £10million in the first part of a £40million deal which makes their determination to get rid of him even higher.
They can’t afford to spend that amount of cash right now with further improvements paramount to avoid relegation to the Championship, where (ironically) Alli might be best suited.
Either way, things are not looking at all rosy for Everton as Alli’s downward spiral continues and shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon without a miracle.
They will be lucky to find anybody keen to sign him in the summer if Besiktas don’t and his big wages may also cause a problem of their own.